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Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw briefing newsmen on cabinet decisions at National Media Centre in New Delhi on March 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Union Cabinet, on Wednesday (March 19, 2025), allocated an additional ₹1,000 crore for National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), bringing the total … Read more
Doubling airline capacity through a liberalised air service agreement between India and the UAE will result in savings for Indian consumers exceeding $1.05 billion who are currently paying steep airfares, according to a joint report by the UAE Embassy and the ORF released on Wednesday. Doubling of capacity over five years could yield an economic … Read more
Following a delay, IndiGo will receive its A321 XLRs in the financial year 2026, according to IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers. The exact number of XLRs to be delivered is still under discussion with Airbus, Mr Elbers told The Hindu. The airline has 69 A321 XLRs on order, which is a part of its 300 A320 … Read more
A parliamentary panel on social justice on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) asked the Union government to “urgently” pursue the centralisation of Eklavya Schools. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A parliamentary panel on social justice on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) asked the Union government to “urgently” pursue the centralisation of Eklavya Schools and empower the … Read more
Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a total of 193 cases against politicians, including serving and former MPs and MLAs, over the last 10 years and secured conviction in two of those, the government has informed Parliament. Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary … Read more
File photo of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. | Photo Credit: ANI Not a single Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court remained functional in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday (March 19, 2025). Mr. Shah was responding to Trinamool Congress member Saket Gokhale’s remarks on the … Read more
The story so far: Allocations for educational schemes for Muslims have been completely slashed in the past four years, revealed the Centre on Monday (March 17, 2025). In a reply to Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien’s query on budgetary allocations for madrasa and Waqf schemes and its expenditure in the past four years, the Centre revealed … Read more
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar conducts proceedings in the House during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Criticising the culture of “freebies”, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) said the issue should be debated in Parliament and there was … Read more
Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon during an interview in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar New Zealand is a liberal democracy, its Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said, when asked about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public concerns over protests held by supporters of Khalistan in that country. In an … Read more
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday (March 19, 2025). | Photo Credit: Sansad TV via ANI There has been a 71% reduction in incidents of terror in the country under the Modi government and terrorists … Read more